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firm 1 AHD[fûrm] D.J.[fɜːm]K.K.[fɝm]adj.（形容词）firm.er, firm.est - Resistant to externally applied pressure.坚硬的：抵抗外来压力的
- Marked by or indicating the tone and resiliency of healthy tissue:健壮的：表明身体的健康状态和健康组织的机能：firm muscles.结实的肌肉
- Securely fixed in place:稳固的：Despite being hit by the car, the post was still firm.尽管被车撞了，柱子仍然很稳固
- Indicating or possessed of determination or resolution:坚决的：表明或具有决心和意志的：a firm voice.坚决的声音
- Constant; steadfast:坚定的；不移的：a firm ally.坚定的联盟
- Not subject to change; fixed and definite:坚挺的：不易改变的；稳定的和确定的：a firm bargain; a firm offer.明确的协议；固定的出价
- Unfluctuating; steady:不浮动的；稳固的：Stock prices are still firm.证券价格仍都很稳定
- Strong and sure:强有力的，确信的：a firm grasp.紧紧的一握
v.tr.intr.（及物动词和不及物动词）firmed, firm.ing, firms - To make or become firm.使稳定，使变坚固
adv.（副词）firmer, firmest - Without wavering; resolutely:不动摇地；坚决地：stand firm.坚定地站立
- Middle English ferm 中古英语 ferm
- from Old French 源自 古法语
- from Latin firmus * see dher- 源自 拉丁语 firmus * 参见 dher-
firmʹly adv.（副词）firmʹness n.（名词）firm, hard, solid- The central meaning shared by these adjectives is "tending not to yield to external pressure, touch, or force": 这几个形容词所共有的中心意思是“不屈服于外界压力、触动或力量”： a firm mattress;硬褥子；hard as granite;硬似花岗岩；solid ice. soft 坚冰 soft
firm 2 AHD[fûrm] D.J.[fɜːm]K.K.[fɝm]n.（名词）- A commercial partnership of two or more persons, especially when unincorporated.合股：尤指在没被合并时的两个或更多人的商业合伙
- The name or designation under which a company transacts business.商号，商行：在某名称或名义下公司办理事务
- Italian firma 意大利语 firma
- from firmare [to ratify by signature] 源自 firmare [签名证明]
- from Medieval Latin firmāre 源自 中世纪拉丁语 firmāre
- from Latin [to confirm] 源自 拉丁语 [使确实]
- from firmus [firm] * see dher- 源自 firmus [稳定的] * 参见 dher-
注释- In these days of agribusiness,a farm and a firm are probably closer than they have been since the time before the wordsfarm and firm developed from the same Latin word, firmāre, "to strengthen, make fast, confirm, attest,” which is derived from Latinfirmus, the source offirm, meaning "secure.” In Medieval Latinfirmāre came to mean "to ratify by signature,” from which sense eventually came our word firm, first recorded in 1574 with the meaning "signature.”This wordfirm later added the senses "designation under which a firm transacts business" and "commercial house.” Latinfirmāre by way of Old French also gave us Middle English ferme, the ancestor of our wordfarm. 大农场经营年代，农场和商行也许比在farm 和 firm 从同一拉丁语 firmare， 意为“加强，使牢固，使确定，使证明”发展来之前联系更为紧密， 它是从拉丁词firmus 派生而来， 即firm 一词的来源，意为“确定的”。 在中世纪拉丁语中，firmare 开始取意为“用签名来批准，”从此含义出发，最终有了我们的 firm 这个词， 1574年它首次被记录下来，意为“签名”。Firm 这个词后来增加了两个含义，“商行借以办理事务的名称”和“经商的房屋。” 拉丁词firmare 也通过古法语给了我们中世纪英语 ferme 这个词， 它是我们的单词farm 的前身
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